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THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR BOOKS IN THE LIFE
OF A CHILD.
The South Florida Deaf Recreation Association has created Books Are Better to support the teachers and families of children who are deaf or hard or hearing.
Books Are Better supports language and literacy learning by creating a home library for each child and an atmosphere in which reading is a natural part of each child's daily life.
Books Are Better gives new free backpacks and books to children with a hearing loss to help create an environment at home that will foster each child's literacy.
The more free books we can give out the more joyous we will be! The more books we give out, the more inspired your students will be to read!

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SFDRA visits Palm Springs Elementary School to bring new books and school supplies and sign one of the books with the students who are deaf or hard of hearing. We are interviewing one of the students on his view of our visit.
Magic happens when you give books to children: Eyes sparkle, smiles emerge, and imagination comes alive. That’s the mission embraced by South Florida Deaf Recreation Association—to motivate children to have a lifelong, life-changing love of reading. This ignites a hunger for knowledge and a passion for learning.

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Children who change the world need the tools to do it!
The beginning of school for all children is exciting with a universal kind of magic. Recently at the start of the new school year SFDRA visited the deaf and hard of hearing classrooms of Gulfstream Elementary School, Auburndale Elementary School and Palm Springs Elementary School and surprised the students with new book bags and all the school supplies they will need to explore, scribble, color, draw, calculate, cut, glue read, write and possibly change the world!

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Children who change the world need the tools to do it!

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SFDRA's President. Victor Solano, is Signing Santa at the Dolphin Mall. Children who are deaf or hard of hearing are delighted to communicate with Santa in the language they know the best, American Sign Language. They get to ask Santa to bring their special gifts and they know Santa has received their wishes!

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The faces of SFDRA and their smiles!

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SFDRA presented the awesome National Theater of the Deaf and this is just one of the very happy and excited students who is deaf from the audience.

Programs

Invest in Kids

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SFDRA gives free new books to children who are deaf or hard of hearing to help create an environment at home that will foster each child's literacy. All children come to books in different ways and at different times. The key for children who are deaf is being interested in and enjoying books. We give children who are deaf an opportunity to choose their own books on the subjects they enjoy the most. They learn to differentiate between the required books they read in school and the books they can just relax and enjoy over and over again.
In addition, our SFDRA volunteers go onto the classrooms with children who are deaf or hard of hearing and using American Sign Language (ASL), we read (sign) books to them during “Reading Parties” or Storytime. The children then receive those same books to take home. We ensure that each deaf child has the opportunity to experience the delight and power of books!

Tools for Learning

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Children who change the world need the tools to do it. SFDRA provides children who are deaf or hard of hearing with free book bags and all the school supplies they need to explore, scribble, color, draw, calculate, cut, glue, read, and write!
With your help we can give children with a hearing loss the same opportunities that we all want for our own children and the tools they need to be the best that they can be.
Students who are deaf or hard of hearing deserve a positive educational experience every single day they come to school .

BOARD

Mr. Victor Solano

Board Chair / President

Barbara Chotiner

Secretary / Treasurer

Chanell Tuchband

Board Member

STAFF

Mr. Victor Solano

CEO/Executive Director

Financials

This organization's financial statements were independently submitted and have not been verified by The Miami Foundation.

BUDGET

990 FORM

IRS LETTER OF DETERMINATION

CERTIFICATE OF SOLICITATION

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